Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH)

151st Meeting Minutes

Wednesday and Thursday April 19 and 20, 2023

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Summary Proceedings

The Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health meeting convened at 1:00 p.m.

Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), Dr. Henry A. Anderson, Chair, presiding.

Attendees

Members

Henry A. Anderson, Chair

Beach, Josie, Member

Cassano, Victoria, Member

Clawson, Brad Member

Frank, Arthur, Member

Kotelchuck, David, Member

Lockey, James, Member

Martinez, Nicole, Member

Pompa, David, Member

Roessler, Genevieve, Member

Valerio, Loretta, Member

Ziemer, Paul, Member

Non-Members

Roberts, Rashaun, DFO

Adams, Nancy, NIOSH contractor

Barton, Bob, SC&A

Behling, Kathy, SC&A

Buchanan, Ron, SC&A

Calhoun, Grady, DCAS

Crawford, Chris, DOL

Griego-Kelleher, Regina
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Gogliotti, Rose, SC&A

Habighurst, Ashton, HHS

Lewis, Greg, DOE

Mangel, Amy, SC&A

Ostrow, Steve, SC&A

Taulbee, Tim, DCAS

Donna Hand, Registered Public Participant

Roll Call/Welcome - Dr. Rashaun Roberts, DFO

Dr. Rashaun Roberts called to order the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker 

Health at 1:00 pm EDT on April 19, 2022, A roll call of all ABRWH members confirmed 

that a quorum was present. The quorum was maintained throughout the meeting. 

Attendees declared conflicts of interest during roll call. Dr. Roberts turned the meeting 

over to Dr. Anderson, Board Chair, who welcomed all attendees.

Program Updates: NIOSH, DOL, and DOE

Grady Calhoun (NIOSH), Chris Crawford (DOL), and Greg Lewis (DOE) gave updates 

of each organization’s activities for the EEOICPA Program and responded to questions 

from Board Members.

Procedures Review Finalization/Document Approvals – Ms. Kathleen Behling, 

SC&A

After introductory remarks Ms. Beach called on Ms. Kathy Behling, SC&A to discuss the 

Subcommittee’s completed review of five documents. She then described the 

Subcommittee’s completed review of the following documents.

• DCAS-PER-045, rev. 0, “Aliquippa Forge TBD Revision”

• DCAS-PER-076, rev. 0, “Aliquippa Forge TBD”

• DCAS-PER-077, rev. 0, “Simonds Saw and Steel TBD”

• DCAS-PER-043, rev. 0, “Internal Dosimetry Organ, External Dosimetry Organ, 

and IREP Model Selection by ICD-9 Code Revision”

• DCAS-PER-059, rev. 0, “Norton Company”

After Ms. Behling presented the Subcommittee’s work on each document, the Board 

voted to close the reviews of all five documents.

Public Comment

Members of the public provided comments related to the Pinellas Plant SEC Petition,

and the many locations where Pinellas records have been encountered. Written 

comments, read by Dr. Roberts, asked that SC&A be granted sufficient time to 

thoroughly review all available Pinellas documents in their assessment of DCAS’s SEC 

Evaluation Report. Some of those documents were captured fairly recently. 
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Meeting Adjourned

Following public comment, Dr. Anderson adjourned the meeting for the day.
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Thursday April 20, 2023

Summary Proceedings

The Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health meeting convened at 1:00 p.m.

Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), Dr. Henry A. Anderson, Chair, presiding.

Attendees

Members

Henry A. Anderson, Chair

Beach, Josie, Member

Cassano, Victoria, Member

Clawson, Brad, Member

Frank, Arthur, Member

Kotelchuck, David, Member

Lockey, James, Member

Martinez, Nicole, Member

Pompa, David, Member

Roessler, Genevieve, Member

Valerio, Loretta, Member

Ziemer, Paul, Member

Non-Members, Registered and/or Public Comment Participants:

Roberts, Rashaun, DFO

Adams, Nancy, NIOSH contractor

Barton, Bob, SC&A

Behling, Kathy, SC&A

Buchanan, Ron, SC&A

Cardarelli, John, NIOSH

Calhoun, Grady, DCAS

Fitzgerald, Joe, SC&A

Gogliotti, Rose, SC&A

Griego-Kelleher, Regina, DOE

Habighurst, Ashton, HHS

Mangel, Amy, SC&A

Nelson, Chuck, DCAS

Ostrow, Steve, SC&A

Rutherford, LaVon, DCAS/ORAU

Taulbee, Tim, DCAS
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Roll Call/Welcome - Dr. Rashaun Roberts, DFO

Dr. Rashaun Roberts called to order the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker 

Health at 1:00 pm EDT on April 20, 2022, A roll call of all ABRWH members confirmed 

that a quorum was present. The quorum was maintained throughout the meeting. 

Attendees declared conflicts of interest during roll call. Dr. Roberts turned the meeting 

over to Dr. Anderson.

SEC Petition Status Update – Mr. Chuck Nelson, DCAS

Mr. Nelson reported DCAS has not received any new petitions since the Board’s last 

meeting. DCAS is continuing to prepare an addendum to the evaluation report for 

petition SEC-0221 for Lawrence Livermore National Lab (LLNL) for the years 1990 to 

1995. DCAS intends to publish the addendum by September 2023. DCAS and SC&A 

are continuing work on SEC petitions from Hanford, Savannah River, Los Alamos 

National Lab, Idaho National Lab, Argonne National Lab-West, Area IV Santa Susanna, 

Metals & Controls, DeSoto Avenue Facility, the Y-12 Plant, and the Pinellas Plant. 

DCAS continues to evaluate records for West Valley Demonstration Project to decide if 

an 83.14 petition is warranted for the years 1966-1968.

Savannah River Site (SRS) Workgroup Update – Mr. Brad Clawson, SRS Work 

Group Chair

Mr Clawson described recent Workgroup activities and turned the meeting over to Bob 

Barton, SC&A. Mr. Barton first recounted that the Board had recommended adding an 

SEC class of subcontractor construction trades workers for the period October 1972 

through December 1990. He then described five conclusions that SC&A had reached 

while evaluating the post-1990 period and summarized the discussion of those 

conclusions at the March 2023 Savanna River Work Group meeting. Following Mr. 

Barton’s comments, Dr. John Cardarelli, DCAS, provided comments emphasizing 

DCAS’s positions in from the March Work Group meeting. Additional discussion by 

Board members clarified the future actions expected from SC&A and DCAS.

Board Work Session

Subcommittee and Work Group chairpersons reported on progress and planned 

activities. This included a discussion about the process for assigning tasks to SC&A. 

There was also a discussion about whether the Dose Reconstruction Review Methods 

Work Group should be discontinued. Following that, Dr. Roberts described public 

comments and responses from the December Board meeting.

After some discussion the Board decided to hold their December meeting in the vicinity 

of Livermore, CA, with the vicinity of Santa Susanna as a backup. The February 2024 

telephone meeting will be on the 14th, and the April 2024 in-person meeting will be on 

the 17th and 18th.
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Meeting Adjourned

The meeting was adjourned at 3:25 pm EDT.